Marley

I quite enjoyed the mini-biographies of the philosophers mentioned! Just wish we'd stop using “he or she” when “they” exists; it's shorter, still grammatically correct, and more inclusive too!

This book deserves a million stars. It's made me cry, it's made me howl with understanding frustration, and it filled me with a new fire to live for myself and nobody else.

While I disagree with pretty much everything Bolton believes in and stands for, knowing how immensely frustrated this man was with how Trump is as a person as well as a president does raise some form of sympathy. The chaos was so much worse behind the scenes!

A very smooth read and very enthralling story, though I do hope the author gets a better editor in the future, as there are many instances where words are missing from sentences. 

Has all the elements a magical adventure story should have, with layers that make it absolutely worth reading as an adult.

Hard to swallow moments, beautifully written, could not put this book down. I'm looking forward to Cherie's next novels!!

Might be a bit biased as the author is a personal friend of mine.. 

This book is about 100 pages worth of plot, the other 328 are a man exposition-dumping onto a woman. I'm serious, this has about 100 pages of non-stop monologue.

Four actual events happen over the course of about 100 pages in total.

The writing style is reminiscent of high school essays at times; “she did this. She went to the door. The door was already open. She was surprised.”

It also absolutely loves to repeat previously given information, every single time it is relevant; I have ADHD and even MY attention span feels insulted.

This should have been a 124 page book.

This book is full of red herrings

A whirlwind of an adventure confined within a handful of locations.

Chef's kiss.

Would have given 5 stars if the book wasn't infested with the word “rtrd” and its derivatives.

I do enjoy Dan Brown's writing, which I know is a bit of a faux-pas in the reading community, at least the ones I've been involved in. It's just one of those authors I can just sit down with, turn some of my brain off, and just enjoy an adventure with some mysticism sprinkled in.  ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Dan Brown found a formula, and reuses it ad infinitum, and honestly? I don't mind that. I have ADHD, some reliability here and there is nice ;)

This book is like a hug between a front and back cover. I love picking it up every so often and just opening it on a random page. It's just very wholesome and touching and moving and.. ..well, loving. Absolutely adore this book.

Meh. It's a romantic drama about cheating. Like, there's no actual mystery or thrilling happening like the title suggests. I didn't hate it, but I probably wouldn't have remembered it if it wasn't just sitting in plain sight on my bookshelf.

This was my favourite book as a child, and remains so to this day. Somehow the author managed to cram a whole world different from my own AND a thrilling chase adventure into 104 pages. Still kinda baffles me to this day. 

A primary school girl's best friend's body is found, and she decides to take matters into her own hands as the grown-ups are taking way too long. There is a supernatural hint here and there, which I didn't entirely expect, turning the otherwise light-hearted writing -from the girl's childlike perspective- quite dark and eerie.

A plot twist similar to that of the film “The Others”, but minus the ghosts. Not really a spoiler as such, but enough to justify the tags.

A set of different stories, some happening at the same time, some in succession or overlapping. Felt a bit like it was trying to be Cloud Atlas.

A plot twist that made me audibly gasp out loud!

A window into a world I am not part of, but which very much exists in the world I AM part of. 

I thought I'd get my personal finances in check and check out this book but apparently you can't get rich AND want to prevent suffering in others.

Just didn't get into it

The villain character is empty, boring, just exists because the story needed a villain. He's just a gross despicable dude I absolutely DREADED having to go back to after spending some time with the “good guys”. The villain literally only exists in conflict scenes. He has zero background or personality.